Nottingham Forest announce Jonjo Shelvey has departed the membership and can be a part of Turkish Tremendous Lig facet Rizespor on a season-long mortgage

Nottingham Forest have as we speak confirmed the departure of Jonjo Shelvey, who will be a part of Turkish Tremendous Lig membership Rizespor on a season-long mortgage deal. 

Studies instructed on Wednesday that the the previous Newcastle and Liverpool central midfield player was closing in on a transfer to hitch the Turkish outfit. 

However as we speak, Forest issued an announcement confirming that he had ‘accomplished a season-long mortgage transfer’ earlier than stating ‘we want Jonjo the very best for the rest of the marketing campaign.’

In accordance with Rizespor’s Twitter account, Shelvey ‘handed a medical verify at Istanbul Acibadem Altunizade Hospital’ earlier as we speak, earlier than he was pictured holding the Rizespor shirt alongside the membership’s president Ibrahim Turgut and fellow new signing Adolfo Gaich. 

The 31-year-old, who’s contract at Forest will expire in 2024, is the most recent participant to depart Forest this summer season, with Steve Cooper‘s facet having now offloaded 15 gamers as free brokers, on mortgage offers and for money sums. 

Jonjo Shelvey (proper) has joined Turkish Tremendous Lig facet Risezpor on a season-long mortgage

He’s nonetheless contracted to Nottingham Forest till 2024, after the midfielder joined the membership from Newcastle again in January 

They’ve strengthened their squad too, buying 11 new gamers together with new central midfielder Ibrahim Sangare from PSV Eindhoven, an thrilling prospect who may characteristic for the Garibaldi in opposition to Burnley on Monday. 

Shevley, in the meantime, will put a pause on his time on the Metropolis Floor, with the previous England worldwide having solely arrived on the membership in January this yr, after pleading together with his former boss, Eddie Howe to permit him to depart Newcastle. 

Reluctantly, the English supervisor permitted Shelvey to depart St James’ Park, with the midfielder having solely amassed three appearances for the Magpies at first of the 2022-23 Premier League marketing campaign. 

He had hoped for a ‘fresh start’ at forest however once more he struggled to get recreation time underneath Cooper, making eight appearances for Cooper’s facet, however hasn’t performed for Forest since April.

Shelvey has made solely eight appearances for Forest and has notably not performed for the membership since April

His absence from the facet got here after reviews instructed that he had been left sad with the managers choice to drop him from Forest’s visit to Liverpool last season.

He was informed to ‘keep at house’ by the Garibaldi boss, who was unimpressed by his perspective and performances in coaching however afterwards quashed any claims that there was ill feeling between the pair. 

Shelvey notably didn’t journey with Forest to their pre-season coaching camp in Spain earlier this summer season however will now play out the rest of the season with Turkish facet Rizespor who at present sit fifth within the Tremendous Lig.